NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21733, 26 August 1932, Page 8

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

A. E. S. —We have no recollection of the paragraph you mention. If the approximate date of publication could be given a search , would be made. The Otago Acclinlatlsatlon Society conducted a competition In June, giving prizes of £5, £3 and £2 for the largest number of hawks’ claws sent In during the-month-of'June. H. A. M‘l. —The reports must be read In conjunction with the date of the message.. For Instance, If the report telegraphed from Wellington on Monday speaks of tomorrow : that means, of course, Tuesday, the da£' of publication in the Otago Dally Times. The reports are prepared In Wellington at 4 p.m. " Tokarahl.”—The arrangement, of your feed pipe cannot be improved upon. It Is a principle In hydraulics that the pressure at the outlet of the pipe In the circumstances which you describe Is equal only to a column of water one Inch In diameter according to the depth of water In the tank. " Inquirer."—(l) Yes. (2) . Voltage Is constant Independent of load, while amperage varies In proportion to the load. In your district the electric supply Is 400 volts and a 20 h.p. motor would run on all loads up to the, maximum at this voltage.' (3) A 20 h.p. squirrel cage motor Ivlth full load speed of 1430 r.p.m., complete with pulley and slide rails, would cost approximately £29. A slip-ring motor would cost approximately £45.' ■